Humbie Parish Church
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Humbie Parish Church |
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| Denomination | Church of Scotland |
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| Tradition | Reformed |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Humbie |
| Presbytery | Lothian |
| Clergy | |
| Minister | Rev Malcolm Lyon |
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| Organist | Mr Calum Wyllie |
Humbie Parish Church is a church in Humbie East Lothian, Scotland. It is part of the Church of Scotland, and is a linked charge which combines the parishes of Bolton & Saltoun, Yester and Humbie.
The church lies approximately 750 yards to the north of the village centre.
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[edit] History and design
A church stood on this site prior to the Scottish Reformation. The pre-Reformation parishes of Keith Symons and Keith Hundelbie were combined in 1618 to from the combined parishes of Keith and Humbie.
The present building dates to 1800. At the time of the Disruption, the minister led the congregation out of the church to worship in the open, rather than accept the principle of Patronage (whereby a congregation could not choose its own minister, but was forced to accept the patronage of the local Laird). It would be over fifty years before this reconciliation took place with the union of the Free Church of Scotland and the Church of Scotland in 1920.
Alterations were made in 1866 by David Bryce, and in 1932 a chancel was added.
In 1950 the original plain glass east window was replaced with a design by Douglas Strachan, illustrating scenes from the life of King David.
[edit] Music
At one time a Precentor led the singing in the church until, in 1906, an harmonium was introduced. Today, the music is led by a small one-manual pipe organ, which came from the Norwegian Seamen's Church in Leith, Edinburgh in 1988.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Humbie Parish Church - Leaflet for Visitors, by Revd Thomas Coupar, Humbie, 2002
